Re: [Killietalk] Virtual Events, Proxy bidding

["Ken" <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net>]

I'm actually agreeing...sorta...
The questions were not mine per se, but a summary; sorta
Anyway...Going off list to reply

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Grady [mailto:killienutz at killienutz_com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:14 AM
To: ken_combs at sbcglobal.net; killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Virtual Events, Proxy bidding

Let me ask you this Ken:

Does it really matter why people get together to share a common interest? 
Does it have to be profit driven or for that matter a 'Service'.  My opinion

is the National Convention is a service provided for the members WHO CHOOSE 
TO PARTAKE of it which also provides income to the entire membership.  Keep 
in mind from my previous post - the entire membership does have a financial 
profit from conventions.

Some of your concepts fall into the  'every member has a right to an equal 
share',  but the reality is that nothing is truly balanced in life.  My 
opinion is that every member has a RIGHT TO USE the services provided.  How 
they choose to exercise that right is their choice.

Anyway - the percentage of members who attend almost every convention is 
10-15% of the total membership.  Over the years, depending on the location, 
the actual percentage of members who have been to at least one convention 
rises to 60-70%.  Keep in mind something like 15% of the AKA membership is 
from overseas.

My opinion is that Proxie Bidding - while it may be used by a few people - 
is both resource and time intensive.  It requires someone to monitor the 
bids and someone to ship the fish - additional work for the committee 
already overtaxed.  Personally, I would never buy a fish I did not look at 
first at a convention - health concerns if nothing else.  Part of the 
problem is boxing and shipping is difficult to be done at the time of the 
convention being a national holiday weekend.

However, if we could find a viable way to do this and make certain people 
understand there are no guarantees on the healthy arrival of the fish for 
potentially a high price and they are willing to pay shipping costs, perhaps

something could be createed separate from the convention itself that handles

Proxie Bidding.  I would never turn donw Proxies if they arrived at a 
convention with a check or credit card number attached (paypal also) and the

amount allowed the convention to fill in the total and required shipping 
over and above the cost of the fish.

Tom

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